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What you suggest is sort of already being done in the adjacent cities of Phenix City Alabama/Columbus Georgia region.

Here's an article about that
http://legacy.decaturdaily.com...

You catch my drift, fellas?

Sure do!

Here is a link to a story that has received very little attention from the national media, but it's something that scares the crap out of people who live there. Thank you, "open border" people!

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/071026/tb.shtml/

I agree. I was reading the article saying that the intake was too warm. But, another article gives more detail http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/0708 17/power.shtml saying that it is the down stream temperature that is considered important. So, if the intake temperature exceeds the maximum down stream temperature they are hosed.

you're right - let's slashdot the heck out of it so the military can't get to the website, 'cause as soon as some goofball in the military gets an idea about using "robots" as killing machines- whoa!

  Fortunately, this hasn't occurred to anyone but you.... yet.

Ohio Creates 'Pre-Crime' Sex Offender Registry


In a scene right out of Spielberg's vision of Philip K. Dick's classic short story the state of Ohio has established a pre-crime registry for sex offenders--even if they've never been charged with a crime!

"The person's name, address, and photograph would be placed on a new Internet database and the person would be subjected to the same registration and community notification requirements and restrictions on where he could live."

I can't wait to see how this is going to affect the current trend that has divorcing women making false accusations against their husbands during the custody phase of proceedings! Then there's the way this (being that it is a civil matter) can be expanded to encompass so many other things...

Could this new registry be away for the homophobic to reverse the trends towards civil rights homosexuals have achieved in recent years? What about the affect this can have on children engaged in normal sex play for their ages? I'm reminded of Ryan Zylstra, Leah DuBuc, Laura M. Wilcox, Genarlow Wilson and other teenagers and children who have had their lives ruined by this type of hysteria and the lack of due process that comes with it. And who can forget the vigilantes who murder people they find on these lists? People like William Elliott, who was placed on the registry at age nineteen for having sex with his two weeks shy of sixteen year old girlfriend and thanks to the registry murdered.

Now they want a civil registry they can place people on without the benefit of a conviction or a jury trial? Next thing you know they'll be pushing for a pink triangle on your ID! Oh wait... Well just remember that when you give up your rights one by one, you're doing it for the children....

I'm posting the original submission because I believe anyone who follows the links here will see quite clearly how bad this is even beyond the usual Constitutional violations. This is a law that will harm the very same people it purports to protect!

--I*Love*Green*Olives

Tennesse also is trying to ban sex toys.

Some people really need to mind their own business.....

One problem with outsourcing to Mississippi or Louisiana is that people CAN't read helpdesk checklists. Here is an example of Toyota picking Canadian workers because training illiterate workers was so difficult for other companies in the south. (http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050 708/toyota.shtml)

India has a large pool of WELL EDUCATED cheap labor. I am from Mississippi. I have friends down there who can't read. My brother works in a car factory in MS and the employee training was done using pictograms because there are so many illiterate workers in the class.

Even before the hurricane Mississippi and Louisiana were education backwaters. One in 3 residents can not read or write. (http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/oct1998/ill-o14.sht ml)

And the sad thing is since so many people "never needed no education" they don't see a reason to "get their kids learnt up neither". So the viscous cycle continues with each generation poorer and with less hope than the last.

Nations that consider education important will always prosper over nations that chose to stagnate. The US has long stigmatized intelligence and this leads to ignorant workers. Until it is sexy to know something we will continue to crank out barely educated frat boys and few scientists and engineers.

csi claims they use real techniques and real forensic science in their program.

csi's official homepage has "online reference" they use to bolster this claim.

and csi's claims to be using real techniques and real science are impeding real cases.

true -- people are stupid, but CSI has an ethnical responsibility to make it clear their program is entirely fiction. the producers deliberately chose to mislead their audience into believing their program is scientifically and technically accurate in the name of profit. do you want a jury loaded with CSI propaganda judging your case?

"We had a shorter than expected first stage burn. That was compensated for by longer first and second burns in the second stage," said Dan Collins, Boeing vice president for Expendable Launch Systems,

And: "The delay at five minutes was due to a loss of communication between launch control and the vehicle destruct system. Boeing spokeswoman Monty Vest described this."

Business tax that Walmart gets out of via tax incentives--of which this is just an example. Where can the local store go to get its $10 million and 350 acres of land to compete? This is only one of the things that large corporations do to unfairly squeeze out the little guy.

Local option sales tax won't help. There will be a little more tax from a few more people from out of town comming in attracted by the convenience of doing all their shopping in one place. This will do nothing against $10 million and 350 acres, even if stretched out for many years. Also there will be a loss of sales tax because people with lower wages buy less. There will of course be a large loss from local businesses going under as they will no longer be paying business tax...the tax that Walmart gets reduced/exempted from as an incentive. For taxes a Walmart comming to town is probably a net negative.

Paycheck deductions--I guess the moderators were correct when they modded your first post as "troll" because this proves it. We all know that when Walmart comes to town there are reductions in people's paychecks.

Fashion classes at Walmart...that's really over the top. So's the idea of a special sale on toasters saving the town from financial ruin, and the "mini economy" of a Walmart, burger joint, and gas station. Never did here where this $38 million mysteriously comes from...don't expect to either.

Now who's being a sheep?

1 Blake downloaded and installed an unauthorized WinSpy program off the net because it was free and wouldn't expose him to the risks of a purchase order through channels. That alone would justify the ax.

2 "The program had an "embedded address" that allowed someone outside the department to have access to DOT's computer system. The embedded address was traced to Australia."

3 The division's senior engineer and Blake's wife, the division's secretary, were also being secretly monitored, no reason given.

4 DOT's firewall had to be rebuilt and there is a strong suspicion that Blake's spyware is what cracked it.

Employer's don't give sysamdins permission to do whatever they want. If he had wanted to install spyware on peoples machines he would have had to get authorization from someone. If you read this article it says that the spyware he used wasn't authorized for use on ADOT's machines, and it looks as though it had a back door in it as well. That in itself is grounds for instant dismissal, plus it wasn't just his boss he spied on. It was his boss's boss and his boss's wife as well.

Sysadmins aren't gods. They don't just get to make up policy as they go along.

Right, it seems this link (an actual news story on the issue rather than just the one guy's point of view) has already been posted here more than once.

It stuns me that despite ~50 +5 replies, no one has bothered to point out that the program this guy installed HAD A BACKDOOR.

Yes, that's right people. That's why they're calling this spyware. Because it is.

Hey, buddy, the man uncovered blatant waste of your taxpayer money, he gets fired, and the boss' bosses gives the boss a slap on the wrist.

RTFA.

The boss, George Dobbs, received a letter of reprimand from the department in January because of the time he spent playing computer games on his office computer. But his letter of reprimand also commended his work ethic and production. He is still on the job as assistant state right of way engineer and the supervisor for the division's engineering section manager. The letter to Dobbs also states, "While your work ethic and your production are above reproach, management level personnel must be mindful not to compromise their ability to manage subordinates."

So the "lazy boss" received commendations for production. Seems that the "lazy boss" gets a lot done while still playing solitaire. Even when his supervisors had full knowledge of his alleged "slacking off" they chose to keep the "lazy boss" on the payroll. They even commented that his production is "above reproach". Seems to me the sysadmin was grinding his axe in error.

He was also a doofus for taking the situation into his own hands. He installed a pirated version of WinSpy without authorisation from a superior officer. He also monitored other staff (two other people) for 7 months, without authorisation. He claims he was doing it to catch slackers at work. But that behaviour is too easily miscontrued. He was begging for trouble and he got it.

If he thought somebody was running a web server or downloading pornography, or gambling online, that is one thing. But to take it upon himself to perform his own performance evaluation of his superior, was a bit bold and he was rightfully fired.

His focus should have been on the machines and the network, not carrying out retribution for a personal grudge.

According to this article, there was more to it than just the fact that he installed software on his boss's computer. It says the free version of the software was not approved to be installed on the department's computers. They're blaming a department firewall crash on the software as well. I don't know if any of this is true or just bullshit spin, but it does add another side to the story.

Testimony alleged that as a result of Blake downloading the software, a computer hacker at an unknown location in Australia breached the Alabama Department of Transportation's computer firewall in 2003.

also,

Blake also testified Monday that he installed the program on two other computers in the department, that of the state Right of Way Engineer Paul Bowlin, who heads the division, and Right of Way Secretary Jana Trafford Blake. Jana Blake is married to Vernon Blake.

So he spies on his wife, his boss, and HIS boss. It's also possible that his actions led to a breach in the firewall at the office as well (that's disputed and may not be the case). With those facts in play, that changes my view of events.

Blake also testified Monday that he installed the program on two other computers in the department, that of the state Right of Way Engineer Paul Bowlin, who heads the division, and Right of Way Secretary Jana Trafford Blake. Jana Blake is married to Vernon Blake.

Was it also part of his job to spy on his wife?

#1: This link quotes two men as stating they saw Bush when he was based in Alabama, the time that the Demo'rats (and you) claim he was AWOL. One mentions that he was his drill partner, and that Bush was present at all drills.

#2: While I cannot find proof that Bush has not attended any funerals of fallen soldiers (although there is plenty of rhetoric about him not attending), I did find this link which mentions several war time presidents, some of which and some of which did not attend troops funerals. Some who did, only attended those of children of family members or of men they personally met. Criticizing Bush for not going to these funerals is silly as he is not the only president to not do this.

#3: However, people are more likely to commit suicide today than ever before, too. Suicide, as any psychologist will tell you, is about depression, not about disagreement with a war. While, yes, there have been soldiers who filed "consciensious objector" status so they do not have to fight (but only 3 that I know of so far). It's possible that troops are depressed in Iraq due to a number of factors (heck, they are being shot at), but this does not mean they do not agree with the efforts.

#4: You're taking what I said out of context, which is what you Demo'rats like to do. The full statement was, "... the troops love hearing how Bill Clinton and Dick Clarke failed to deal with Iraq in 1997 as Clinton had planned." That statement is factually accurate. Clinton HAD planned to deal with Iraq in 1997 and FAILED to do so. This means, he did NOT do it, therefore he failed. I did not say that the situation in Iraq was Clinton's fault, it was Saddam's fault and the inability of the U.N. to uphold their own laws.

#5: However, in previous testimony, recordinds, and emails Clarke says the COMPLETE OPPOSITE. The GOP believes he lied under oath", and Clark praises Bush at a seperate point, and in his resignation letter, also praises Bush on how he handled 9/11. So what is it? Is he lying now... or was he lying then? Either way, he cannot be trusted... yet you believe him. Curious...

#6: Which you conveniently left out, this page says that Clarke is not a registered Democrat, but wants to be. And you can be registered "independant" as I am, so just because you're not registered demo'rat doesn't mean you need to be registered republican. So, of course, if he wants to be a registered Demo'rat, that re-enforces my assertion that he is doing this for political purposes.

#7: I don't have to respond to this one since You have stopped arguing this point.

There's your proof... have a good day!